Wed. Dec. 31, 2025:
A BLUE NOTE NEW YEAR's
-- a jazz NYE party! --
w/ Brownman Akoustic 4-tet
Doors @ 6pm | Band @ 9pm til past midnight!
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From Press Release:
"Celebrate the end of 2025 and ring in 2026 in Blue Note style with one of Canada's most acclaimed international jazz artists Brownman Ali performing -- in quartet setting -- a night of hard-swinging tunes from the classic Blue Note Era at Toronto's My HOUSE. Hear some of Toronto's most exciting jazz artists playing innovative arrangements of music by such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Grant Green, Horace Silver, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, and many many more of the names found on the primordial Blue Note Records label -- America's seminal jazz label since 1939. The ensemble will begin with swing classics and slowly, over the course of the night, start to interpret them in the contemporary jazz fashion the Brownman Akoustic 4-tet has become renowned for. As the night gets funkier, by midnight, expect it to be a full on jazz-funk New Year's party you won't want to miss!"...
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Wed. Dec. 31, 2025:
A BLUE NOTE NEW YEAR's
-- a jazz NYE party! --
w/ Brownman Akoustic 4-tet
Doors @ 6pm | Band @ 9pm til past midnight!
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From Press Release:
"Celebrate the end of 2025 and ring in 2026 in Blue Note style with one of Canada's most acclaimed international jazz artists Brownman Ali performing -- in quartet setting -- a night of hard-swinging tunes from the classic Blue Note Era at Toronto's My HOUSE. Hear some of Toronto's most exciting jazz artists playing innovative arrangements of music by such greats as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Grant Green, Horace Silver, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, and many many more of the names found on the primordial Blue Note Records label -- America's seminal jazz label since 1939. The ensemble will begin with swing classics and slowly, over the course of the night, start to interpret them in the contemporary jazz fashion the Brownman Akoustic 4-tet has become renowned for. As the night gets funkier, by midnight, expect it to be a full on jazz-funk New Year's party you won't want to miss!"
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BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC 4-TET
About Brownman : Heralded as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player" by New York City's Village Voice magazine, Brownman Ali is a JUNO nominee, a GRAMMY long-listers, winner of 2 National Jazz Awards, 7 Toronto Independent Music Awards, 10 Global Music Awards, a SOCAN Music Award, a CBC Galaxie "Rising Star" Award and was onced named "one of the top 10 reasons to visit Toronto" by Air Canada -- he is widely regarded as a vanguard for the evolution of jazz in Canada. This dynamic performer has been chalking up the airmiles in recent years between tours with the award-winning BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO and global guest appearances with luminaries such as Jay-z, Kanye West, Missy Elliot, Paul Simon, Quincy Jones, Wayne Shorter and many others. My HOUSE is proud to have one of the country's jazz iconoclasts -- accompanied by an all-star cast of some of Toronto's hottest jazz side-men -- at the helm of a New Year's Eve party you won't soon forget!
Featuring:
:: Brownman Ali - trumpet / electric trumpet / flugelhorn
:: Nick Maclean - piano & synth
:: Duncan Hopkins - acoustic & electric basses
:: Frank Botos - drumset / percussion
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See a history of Blue Note Records at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Note_Records
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PRICING:
$55 early bird sale (until Dec 22)
$65 advance ticket (after Dec 22)
$80 at the door (if space)
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1976544028396
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WHAT YOU GET:
:: 3 sizzling Blue Note sets from Brownman Ali
:: Full menu served all evening
:: Curated cocktails
:: Midnight count-down sparkling wine for all guests
:: French champage can be pre-ordered (phone or email)
:: DJ between band sets
:: Exclusive Lounge option available (phone or email)
A New Year's Eve party you won't want to miss!
*** Please note: this is general seating, so arrive early to ensure the best seat possible. If you wish to reserve seating, please call 416-604-4555 or email [email protected]
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TICKETS:
Buy tickets by visiting the EVENTBRITE portal:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1976544028396
Or email [email protected]
Or call 416-604-4555
*** Remember to act before Dec 22 and take advantage of discounted prices!
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SCHEDULE:
6:00pm : doors
6:00pm - 9:00pm : Cocktails, Dinner + Blue Note DJ
(handpicked CDs from Brownman's own extensive Blue Note collection)
9:00pm - 9:45pm : Set 1 -- COOL
(expect to hear Miles Davis' "Blue in Green")
10:15pm - 11:00pm : Set 2 -- BEBOP
(expect to hear John Coltrane's "Moment's Notice")
11:30pm - 12:30am : Set 3 -- GROOVE
(expect to hear Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island")
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WHERE IS IT?
@ My HOUSE, 2882 Dundas St. W.
(just west of Keele)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
416-604-4555
www.MyHouseInTheJunction.com
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QUESTIONS?
Got a question? Need more info?
Email: [email protected]
or call : 416-604-4555
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
:: My HOUSE
:: Browntasauras Records
:: Brownman Music Inc.
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